Infrastructure
Cement, mortar and concrete equipments
Milling
Vibratory mill (Retsch, model MM200)
Grinding jars and balls of zircon
Planetary mill (Fritsch, model Pulverisette 7)
Grinding jars and balls both of zircon and agathe
Micronizing mill (McCrone)
PVC jar and milling tools of zircon
Attrition mill (home made)
Interior jar of PTEF and PA helix and milling tools of zircon
Micro-deval machine with a cylinder container and steel balls (Proeti)
To homogenize clinkers and cements
Ball Mill (Proeti)
To grind and homogenize clinkers and cements
Disc mill (Retsch, RS 200)
Milling devices of 100 mL of tungsten carbide and hardened steel
To grind clinkers and cements
Attrition mill (home made)
Interior jar and helix of PTEF
Furnaces, stoves and climate chamber
HOBERSAL mod. HS-18
Tmax=1800 °C
HOBERSAL mod. CR-67
Tmax=1650 °C
HOBERSAL HOB 33-3/16
Tmax=1650 °C
LENTON mod. UAF 18/5
Tmax=1700 °C
Climatic Chamber (Proeti)
To cure cement and mortar specimens (0-38°C; ~ 70% humidity)
Climatic Chamber (FDN, mod. C700BXPRO)
To cure cement and mortar specimens (0º a +70ºC / 10% a 98% HR / 310 l)
Stove (Indelab, mod. LABOLAN100)
To work at a controlled temperature and with thermal cycles, (Tmax = 200°C)
Humidity Chamber (Matest)
To initial cure cement and mortar specimens under saturated humidity (10-70 °C; 95-100% humidity)
Pastes and mortars preparation
Automatic mortar mixer (Matest, mod. E095)
To mix cements and mortars at constant speed
Helix to automatic Mortar
To prepare mortars pastes
Mechanical stirrer (IKA, mod. RW20-D)
To prepare cement pastes
Different types of Helix
To prepare cement pastes
Vacuum mixer (TWISTER EVOLUTION, RENFERT)
To remove air/bubbles in pastes
Benchtop roller (Wheaton)
To homogenise cement pastes
Gang mould (Matest)
To prepare cement mortar prisms
Mortar bath (Proetisa)
From RT to 95ºC. Capacity: 60l
Equipements for rheological studies
Rotational viscometer (ThermoFisher Scientific Haake, mod. VT550)
To perform rheological measurements
Rheometer (Viscotester iQ AIR, ThermoFisher Scientific Haake)
To perform rheological measurements (simple viscosity curves, as well as more complex rheological investigations in rotation or oscillation)
Miscellaneous of tools and equipements
Sieve shaker electromagnetic (Matest, mod. A059-11)
Sieves from 4 to 0.063mm
Hydraulic Press (Specac)
(maximum applied force of 250kN)
Automatic Vicat testing (Matest, mod. E044N)
To determine initial and final setting times
Thermobalance (Gibertini, mod. Eurotherm)
To determine the constant weight loss at a fixed temperature (50-100°C)
Length comparator digital (Matest)
To determination of linear shrinkage in cement mortars prisms
Blaine air permeability apparatus (Matest)
To determine the fineness of the cement
Jolting table (Matest)
To compact cement mortar prisms
Flow table (Matest)
To measure the fluency of materials
Dip coating (home made)
To prepare coatings by dipping
Spray equipment (home made)
To prepare coatings by spraying
Glove box (Sicco)
Glove box with transfer chamber
Image analysis, SZX7 Zoom Stereo Microscope coupled with Olympus SC30 camera
Calorimetric measurements: Thermal Activity Monitor instrument with 8 channels (Tam Air, TA Instruments)
Admix device to collect the heat released from the beggining of reaction
IP-8 Ultrasonic Test System (Ultratest)
To measure the velocity of sound in the pastes/mortars
Simultaneous thermal analysis equipment, DTA-TG
(TA Instruments SDT Q600, Tmax = 1500 °C)
Durability test
Rapid chloride penetration test (RCPT) to follow ASTM C1202-12
Standard Test Method for Electrical Indication of Concrete’s Ability to Resist Chloride Ion Penetration
Rapid migration test (RMT) to follow NT BUILD 492
Chloride migration coefficient from non-steady-state migration experiments
Sample preparation kit for RCPT and RMT
Accelerated carbonation chamber. SERIE STD-CO2. CCI
Temperature range: 0-60ºC; RH=20-95%; CO2=0-5vol%
Key infrastructure at Central Research Services of University of Málaga
Laser Diffraction (Particle Size Distribution)